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Oct 2012

Twas the Night Before Kona

And all through the house, not a creature was stirring.... hmmm.... well, that's not exactly true. I'm stirring, simmering and even a little bit stressed. It was an interesting day to say the least. And now I find myself finally able to relax but my mind is going 90 miles per hour.

I'm trying to relax and I felt that writing might help. But if I just mentally unload on my blog, that probably won't provide much entertainment for y'all so how about a picture show?

It always seems like I have plenty of time when I get here but even though I landed here midday, I blinked and the sun was setting outside of our condo....

I rolled out of bed the next day, took a stroll around town and down on Ali'I Drive, I ran into Mark Allen...

After talking with Mark for a bit and frightening the locals, I went down to the water for a swim...

Another day passed and I found myself back at the water once again dodging the waves crashing over the wall...

The downtown area was starting to get built up for the race....

And the transition area was starting to look like, well, a transition area...

The Mrs. had to stay home an extra couple of days while I warmed up the place but I received good news from her...

Waiting patiently, I decided to take some random photos....

Oh, did I mention I have brightly colored hair?

While waiting in the car for the Mrs. at the airport, I was trying to capture its true color...

I'm getting out of order though so let's go back to random photos....

Prior to picking up the Mrs. at the airport, I went down for packet pickup....

I picked up the Mrs. at the airport and she immediately went out to play in the water. Meanwhile, I'm working, doing something, honestly, I don't remember. It was yesterday but it seems forever ago.

The Mrs. went out for a long ride today while I gathered my things together which proved to be challenging despite the fact that I'm into double digits for Ironman participation.

Eventually things came together and I put my sticker on my bike....

My bib on my race belt...

And I went down to the chaos known as athlete race day check-in....

On my way through transition, I saw this banner on the changing tent and for some reason it struck me as a little different than the typical blue man. I've dubbed him: "Man Dot"....

That is all for now. Thank you for your support and see you on the other side....